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Thread #71726 Message #1233440
Posted By: GUEST,Adam McNaughtan
25-Jul-04 - 01:34 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Ching Chong Chinaman Song
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ching Chung Chinaman Song
The original song comes from Lionel Monckton's "The Geisha Girl". The chorus was: Chin Chin Chinaman, welly welly sad!
Me aflaid allee trade welly welly bad;
No-ee joke, blokee bloke, makee shutee shop;
Chin Chin Chinaman, chop chop chop.
One Glasgow playground version went: Chin Chin Chinaman feeling very ill;
Walkee walkee down the street, buy a Beecham's pill;
Walkee walke home again, go to bed at night,
Wake up in the morning with his shirt all shite.